Taxon:  Aframomum corrorima (A. Braun) P. C. M. Jansen



Summary
Genus:
Aframomum
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
462945
Place of publication:
Belmontia, N.S. 12:10.  1981 (Spices, condiments & medic. pl. Ethiopia, Agric. Res. Rep. 906:10.  1981)
Verified:
04/09/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Amomum corrorima A. Braun

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aframomum korarima (J. Pereira) Cout. ex Engl.
Amomum korarima J. Pereira

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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  3. Poulsen, A. D. & J. M. Lock. 1997. New species and new records of Zingiberaceae and Costaceae from tropical East Africa. Kew Bull. 52:601-616.
  4. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Ethiopian cardamom 1 PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English false cardamom 1 PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English korarima 1 PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French cardamome d'Ethiopie 2 PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French korarima 2 PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French poivre d'Ethiopie 2 PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda w.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia w.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan s.w.
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
2CultivatedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia (w.), Sudan (s.w.)
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda (w.)
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=462945. Accessed 5 July 2025.